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Open data is transforming economic, social, cultural and political life. McKinsey has estimated that the potential global value of open data is around $3 trillion annually, with $1.1 trillion allocated to the U.S.. The move toward radical transparency has gained momentum but how exactly is it measured, and what are some of the ways in which is impacting the world around us?
In government, it helps tackle corruption, enhances public services and improves public services,…

IoT doesn’t just expand the possibilities of computing, but “fundamentally redefines it and is a game-changer for almost every part of the economy with the capacity to solve the greatest social and business challenges of our time.” So believes Doug Davis, senior VP and GM of the Internet of Things Group at Intel. “Every overnight sensation is 20 years in the making,” and we’re now at a point in time where our collective ability to truly solve some of the world’s…

As businesses become increasingly powerful with the ability to affect significant social and societal change, the expectations consumers have for brands to do exactly that has equally grown in magnitude. A report by Havas last year (from a sampling of 10,000 global consumers) concluded that 80% of Prosumers and 65% of the mainstream believe that it’s no longer acceptable for businesses to operate solely for profit. Further, “consumers don’t just want brands…

At first glance it might appear that the Billionaire’s Institute is some kind of club for the elite echelon who have the kind of wealth most people can’t even imagine… not even close. Becky Kanis Margiotta and her friend Joe McCannon co-founded The Billions Institute to answer one question: “how do we unleash a billion people to solve the world’s biggest problems in the next 50 years?” Part of that question then became, how quickly can…

In 15 years the emerging field of biomimicry could represent $300 billion annually of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in 2010 dollars, according to this report; it could account for 1.6 million U.S. jobs and provide another $50 billion in terms of mitigating the depletion of natural resources and reducing CO2 pollution; and globally, biomimicry could represent about $1.0 trillion of GDP in 15 years. An economic game changer in other words.
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